A strong belief in Thelittleracketeers bloodlines landed her back with the Esplin family, two years after they sold her to Victorian trainer Peter Moody.The family bred Thelittleracketeer and her stakes-winning half-brother Office Bearer who was trained by Moody and then Jason Coyle before being reti

A strong belief in Thelittleracketeers bloodlines landed her back with the Esplin family, two years after they sold her to Victorian trainer Peter Moody.The family bred Thelittleracketeer and her stakes-winning half-brother Office Bearer who was trained by Moody and then Jason Coyle before being retired to stud.Canberra trainer Matthew Dale said the Esplins sold Thelittleracketeer to Moody as a yearling before buying her back at a tried horse sale.Theyre big believers of the family, Dale said.They were keen to get her back into their system and give her another go.She has thrived since arriving with Dale, putting together three wins from four starts including a convincing Highway Handicap (1100m) victory at Rosehill on November 19.She was a mare carrying the top weight and she was quite dominant there, Dale said.While she is set for just her 10th race in Saturdays Tab.com.au Sprint (1200m) at Rosehill, the five-year-old mare has been around long enough to be ridden competitively by retired jockeys Jimmy Cassidy and Dale Smith.She won a city maiden at her first start as a two-year-old but even after that she showed glimpses of city form and then lost her way a little bit, Dale said.Since weve had her shes had four starts for three wins and got her confidence back which is what I think she was lacking.Dale admits barrier 12 presents a challenge as she steps up in grade but he is looking forward to seeing where she fits in the scheme of metropolitan racing.Thelittleracketeer gave Dale his fifth Highway win which was the equal top score in the races for country-trained horses until Murwillumbahs Matthew Dunn racked up his sixth last Saturday.Dale has two chances to get back on level terms with Falco and Backless in the 1400m handicap.Backless gets into the race with 51kgs after apprentice James Innes claim.The three-year-old filly will be having her second start after sitting wide and winning an open age fillies and mares maiden at Wagga Wagga on November 21.Dale says the extra distance will suit her while Falco, to carry 58kg after Nick Heywoods allowance, will be wearing blinkers for the first time.They have chalk and cheese profiles but both are genuine chances, Dale said. 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LA CAMPERONA, Spain -- Nairo Quintana successfully attacked Chris Froome on the demanding summit finish of the Spanish Vueltas eighth stage to take over the lead of the grand tour on Saturday.Sergey Lagutin of Russia won the 181.5-kilometer (113-mile) stage from Villalpando finishing at the category-one La Camperona summit in just over four hours.Quintana claimed the red jersey from fellow Colombian Darwin Atapuma, who fell behind the title favorites on the final ascent, which had gradients reaching 25 percent.Quintana, a Giro dItalia winner, has twice finished runner-up to Froome at the Tour de France. Froomes supposed challenger at this summers Tour, Quintana never put the Britons third Tour title in serious danger.But Quintana proved hes a rival for Froome at the Vuelta as he stuck with his late charge and dropped Froome over the last few hundred uphill meters.Everyone was cautious at the start of the climb, but then Froome went for it, as we expected, and I responded, Quintana said. I now have that extra bit of confidence knowing that, today, I was a bit better than my rivals.Quintanas Movistar teammate, Alejandro Valverde, remained in second place overall, at 19 seconds back, after crossing the line pegged to Froomes wheel.Froome was third at :27 behind, followed by Esteban Chaves, who felll to almost a minute behind.ddddddddddddAlberto Contador rebounded from his painful crash at the end of Fridays stage by also surging ahead of Froome in the final meters to stay in striking distance at a minute and a half off the pace.The three-time Vuelta winner made the decision on Saturday morning to keep racing, something that was in doubt after he took a hard knock and scrapes at the end of the seventh stage.I am satisfied because the goal was simply to stay alive, Contador said. I wasnt sure I was going to start the stage. When I could see that I could pass (Froome) at the end I knew I had to take advantage of it.Lagutin was a member of an early breakaway of 11 riders who opened up a 10-minute gap over the mostly flat stage that ended in a final 8.5-kilometer (5-mile) ascent.It was the Katusha riders first major win.Finally the dream came true, Lagutin said. I have been dreaming of this since I was little, to win a stage at a grand tour. I am 35 years old. At some point I was thinking it was too late.Sundays ninth stage is the second of three consecutive stages in the northern mountains, a 164.5-kilometer (102-mile) ride from Cistierna to the Alto del Naranco. ' ' '